title: Myopia and radial keratotomy: a survey among Norwegian ophthalmologists.
abstract: One hundred and eighty-nine of 200 ophthalmologists in Norway responded to a survey requesting them to report their age, sex, refractive state, use of corrective lenses, and if myopic, their view on radial keratotomy as a possible method to correct their own myopia. According to the answers, 32 (17%) females and 154 (82%) males, with mean age of 49 years, were registered. The reported refractive state was 26.5% emmetropy and 72.0% ametropy. The prevalence of myopia was 45%. The mean refractive status (equivalent sphere) in the right eye was -1.02 +/- 2.28 D with a range from -8.5 D to +7.25 D (n = 184). Of the ametropes, 64.8% used spectacles, 15.3% used both spectacles and contact lenses, whilst 3.6% used only contact lenses for distance vision. With the exception of one, all myopes used corrective lenses. Only 2 myopic ophthalmologists responded positively to the question of whether they would consider having radial keratotomy to correct their own myopia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Trondheim, Norway.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Midelfart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001290:Attitude; D003261:Contact Lenses; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007646:Keratotomy, Radial; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D009885:Ophthalmology; D015995:Prevalence; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires